Area Clears Snow After Regionwide Worst Storm In A Decade
The area labored to clear massive snow drifts after a fierce northeaster, with 24 inches blanketing the state and winds hindering plow crews. Schools remained closed, roads were clogged, and several deaths were linked to shoveling, while Biddeford Saco area crews worked around the clock to reopen streets and restore power.
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Kennebunk-Kennebunk Port Foes
Maine
Central Maine Power Co
Biddeford
Kenneth G. Small
Arundel
Smalls
Leon Grover
Biddeford -Saco
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunk
Timothy Crowley
Webber Hospital installs advanced heart monitor unit
In Biddeford Webber Hospital unveils a new coronary care unit with 24 hour remote specialist support linking to Maine Medical Center. Patient Jones was stabilized with adrenalin oxygen and expert guidance after irregular heart activity. The $15,000 system includes a mobile ECG and a New England Telephone data link funded by the hospital auxiliary and private donor gifts.
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Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Jones
Aine Medical Center
Port
Portland Hospital
Webber
Carleton F. Davis
Biddeford Hospital
Philip K. Reiman
Maine
New England
Webber Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Davis
Ous
Chuckle on law and dating age in a sharp quip
A humor columnist jokes that the law treats girls as minors until 21 while noting many remain gold diggers throughout life, framing a satirical take on age and attitudes.
Venezuelan Jetliner Hijacked to Cuba
A government owned DC9 jetliner of Venezuela with 73 aboard was hijacked by five armed men and landed in Santiago Cuba at 8 28 a m EST after taking off from Maracaibo at 6 33 a m with 68 passengers and five crew bound for Caracas Pilot Vladimiro Fernandez reported the incident to the FAA in Miami
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Miami
Cuba
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Aeropostal
Santiago
FAA
Maracaibo
Caracas
Vladimiro Fernandez
Pueblo crew testimony seals on destroyed secrets
Intelligence crewmen from the USS Pueblo testified in secret at a court of inquiry about how much of the ship’s classified material was destroyed before capture by North Korea. Lt. Ken Harris, head of the intelligence detachment, described a slow burning, smoke filled effort while notes were torn up, many papers reduced to confetti. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher may testify again near the end, as Nebraska Senator Roman Hruska warned against scapegoating.
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Coronado
Calif
Navy
Uss Pueblo
Ken Harris
Pueblo
Ralph D. Bouden
Washington, D.C
James Francis Kell
Honolulu
Bouden
Kell
Harris
Pethe Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Bucher
Congress
Eonen
Speec Ar
Repucan Sathoria
Nebraska
Hruska
Senate Armed Services Committee
Two Policemen Bar Doyle From Entering Saco Assessor's Office
Former Saco mayor Donaldiouncil C Doyle was sworn into the assessor post last Thursday by a justice but barred from the office by two city police on mayor Mercier order. The council later voted 5 2 to rescind that appointment and named Robert Atwood of Portland. Doyle claims the mayor can veto only money matters and says the action is illegal. police guards remain at the door as he vows to pursue a legally appointed post.
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Saco
Donaldiouncil
C. Doyle
Armand J. Mercier
Doyle
Mercier
Andrew J. Fournier
Robert Atwood
Portland
Ter
City Hall
Robert D. Atwood
Atwood
Donald C. Doyle
Key Witness Testimony Shapes Shaw Kennedy Plot Story
In New Orleans, Perry Russo, a key witness in the Clay Shaw trial, testified that his claim of overhearing a plot to kill President Kennedy was part of his story from the start. He disputed Asst. Dist. Atty. Sciambra's memo as incomplete, recalling Shaw at Nashville Wharf, a gas station, and Ferrie’s apartment.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Perry Raymond Russo
Asst. Dist. Atty
Andrew Sciambra
Russo
Sciambra
Shaw
Nashville Wharf
Ferrie
Dist
Jim Garrison
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Kennedy
Ashville Wharf
F. Irvin Dymond
Baton Rouge
Rome Concordat Challenge Faces Major Revision Debate
The Concordat, 40 years old, faces a major challenge as jurists draft revisions to bind the Italian state to the Vatican. The issue centers on divorce legislation and the Vatican's view of religion in Italy, with Catholic factions and Socialist support shaping the reform effort.
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Italy
Vatican
Ita
Mussolini
Mage
P Pius XI
Pegato
Vaticans
Church
Paul VI
Christian Democrats
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Alberta Wilson
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Criminal District Court
Garrison
Oswald
Dallas
Warren Commission
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